Beer Bloggers Conference in Portland, Oregon

Coming to Portland August 19-21 is the Beer Bloggers Conference (BBC). The inaugural conference was held in Boulder, Colorado this past November. Also, a European BBC was held in May in London. Run by Zephyr Adventures out of Montana, BBC the event combines a unique interactive educational experience replete with a lot of fun and craft beer tasting.

Brewpublic has assisted BBC founder Allan Wright in orchestrating panels and events that best highlight facets of Portland we would like to share with other like-minded folks from around the continent, some even from overseas. Leading up to the first BBC in Boulder, we were initially a bit apprehensive as to what an adventure company would be able to offer to us beer bloggers. As it turned out, Wright and his crew put forth a thorough itinerary of events in a world class beer town. Pulling from the first two successful conference, this summer’s BBC promises to be the best yet. Not to mention, Portland, Oregon is the penultimate craft beer destination in North America, if not the entire world.

A number of panels such as Lessons From Portland as a Beer (and Beer Blogging) City, Working With Your Local Brewery, and Learning From Industry Bloggers will showcase Portland and Oregon beer industry insiders such as Oakshire’s Matt Van Wyk, Breakside’s Ben Edmund, and journalist Lisa Morrison. A real treat for attendees will be keynote speakers Fred Eckhardt and John Foyston.

In addition to a variety of compelling conference panels, the BBC will feature an assortment of satellite events such as trips to local breweries, a pub crawl, dinner at BridgePort Brewery, and a day trip to the Oregon hop fields.

About The Author

Angelo

Angelo M. De Ieso II comes from the great Northeast where he spent most of his formative years in Central Maine after being born in Massachusetts. His first experience with craft brewing came from Samuel Adams, Shipyard, Geary’s, and a few other imports like Samuel Smiths and (gulp) Guinness. In 1996 he moved to the Bay Area and discovered Lagunita’s, Mendocino, Anchor, Sierra Nevada, and others that changed his palate forever (there was always a few Henry Weinhards to go around, too). Since 1998, Angelo has lived and quaffed in Portland, Oregon where his friend Shane introduced him to several delicious flavors from Deschutes to Spaten, Full Sail to Hair of the Dog. In 2005, Angelo graduated from Portland State University with a degree in communication and a deeper love for craft beers. Angelo met Aaron, his partner in crime at Brewpublic, at KPSU, Portland State’s radio station, where the two were staff members and DJs. He has been an correspondent for the Portland Tribune’s Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine. Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, By the Bottle, Beer Revolution, Olde Depot Public House, Falling Sky Brewing, and from many knowledgeable people along the way. It is Angelo’s mission to bring “infotainment” and “edumation” to the readers of this website. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact him. Prost! angelo@brewpublic.com
“Head blogger for Brewpublic, good friend of the bar, and all-around ale maniac, Angelo appears at first to be a soft-spoken, modest fella with a peculiar predilection towards Boston-area sports teams. But make no mistake, this man knows where the dead bodies are buried.” -Michael O’Connor, Bailey’s Taproom, professional beer scribe.